Renewable Energy in Israel

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Renewable Energy in Israel

• Eyal Naor
• Deputy Chief of Mission
• Embassy of Israel, Serbia

February 6th, 2013
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Israel is a small country (Size 22,000 Square
Kilometers)
Population is around 7.7 Million,
half of the land is an arid desert
Israel is also one of the leading countries in
innovation, Science, Hi-Tech, Medicine,
Agriculture, Water Management and more..
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And so, the demand is growing..
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Global oil supply can't meet global oil demand
forever..
Some estimations say that by 2040, production
levels may be down to around 20 of what we
currently consume
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The environmental aspect
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Overview Energy in Israel

• Israels main current sources of energy are
  Coal (43) and Gas (37)
• Israel wishes to advance to alternative
  resources (Its efforts
• were given a boost by the recent discovery of
  substantial offshore
• reserves of natural gas) 
• Renewable energy sources only 0.1 of the total
  capacity..
• Today, the national grid can absorb only 5-20
  of its energy from
• renewable sources - due to its inability to
  tolerate fluctuation
• Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) is the sole
  supplier of all electrical
• power in Israel
• The political situation prevents
  interconnections with neighboring
• countries (harms future chances for large-scale
  exports of electricity
• within the region\to the EU)

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Government Milestones

• A Government resolution from January 2009 10 of
  the total electricity generation will come from
  Renewable Energy by 2020 (6.43 TWh)
• Interim target of 5 by 2014
• The total installed capacity is expected to reach
  2.76 GW in 2020

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Meeting the Governments targets for electricity
production from Renewable Sources
technology roof PV roof PV land PV mid size land PV mid size land PV large size land PV large size thermo solar large thermo solar large wind small size wind small size wind large size wind large size biomass biomass TOTAL TOTAL
target year 2014 2020 2014 2020 2014 2020 2014 2020 2014 2020 2014 2020 2014 2020 2014 2020
installed capacity MW 200 420 450 750 100 300 550 1350 15 60 300 1000 50 140 1665 4020
annual production in kWh 340 714 765 1275 170 510 1018 2498 39 156 750 2500 250 700 3332 8353
surface in ha     1350 2250 300 900 1540 3780 6 24 150 500 10 28 3356 7482
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leading Israeli companies in Solar Technology
Cumulative installed capacity now stands at 61
MW, of which around 88 represents grid-connected
systems.
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Israeli Wind Technology companies
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Bio Fuels

• A combination of computational genomics,
  molecular biology and advanced traditional
  breeding methods are used in order to improve
  commercial crops that can serve as resources for
  the mass production of bio-fuels.
• Agricultural and animal waste
• Domestic waste
• Jathropha
• Algae

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Better Place developed an electric car and
infrastructure, while trying to make it more
affordable, convenient and sustainable than a
gasoline-powered car. Currently operates in
Israel, Denmark, Australia, North America, Japan
and China.
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Going green, going strong
Israel was recently ranked one of the top-three
nations worldwide which provide the best
conditions for Clean- Technology Startup
companies (CleanTech Group January 2012)
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As a world leader in Clean and Renewable
Technology, Israel took upon itself to become a
leader - also in the usage of Renewable Energy
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Thank you!